I've Switched to WordPress

Good news!  I've switched from Blogger to WordPress.  Now my blog and website are at the same easy address:  prillboyle.com.  If you want to continue receiving my weekly postings via email or RSS feed, click here to quickly re-subscribe.  I know it's a hassle, but look on the bright side.  It's free!

New Blog Feature: My Favorite Reads for Navigating Life Transitions

I’ve added a new feature to my sidebar, a Shelfari widget that allows me to spotlight books that visitors to this blog might enjoy. This month I’ve put on the shelf Rosamund and Benjamin Zander’s The Art of Possibility.

One of the most electrifying and insightful self-help books I've ever read, The Art of Possibility interweaves personal anecdotes, uplifting stories, and practical strategies for transforming professional and personal life. The photo at left gives you a hint of the Zanders' joyful energy and extraordinary partnership. In their Coda (as the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, Benjamin naturally uses musical terminology throughout the book), the two underscore their theme:

You may have come to this book looking for solutions to some very real problems, or you may have opened it as an idle traveler passing through. Before long you must have realized that the book had no intention of solving your problems, or even of letting you browse. It was interested in providing you with tools for your transformation.

From what to what? From a person who meets the challenges life serves up, to one who designs the stage on which her life plays out; from a single note to a long line, from partial to full expression, from the I to the WE.

Note: I previously mentioned this book in my March 19, 2007 posting: Finding Purpose: The Five P's.

New Features of This Blog

1) Subscribe by E-mail: You can now subscribe to this blog via e-mail as well as through most common feed readers.

2) Exercise of the Week: From time to time I'll be sharing techniques I've used to walk through fear, quiet self-doubt, awaken dreams and enhance the enjoyment of life.

3) A Slide Show: As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to provide a snapshot of the variety of individuals whose achievements are spotlighted on this blog.

4) StatCounter: To monitor traffic, I recently installed StatCounter. (This site has been getting approx. 3000 hits a month.) I'd love to draw even more visitors and inspire readers to comment. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

Slide Show: Late Bloomers & Gravity Defiers

In my continuing quest to become more tech-savvy, I just learned how to embed a Flickr slide show in my sidebar. Pictured are some of the gravity defiers I've written about on this blog, plus all 12 women from my book. To read short bios of the latter, click here.

Why a Blog?

Since the publication of my book DEFYING GRAVITY , I've received letters from people around the globe who have their own late-bloomer stories to tell. I hope to share some of them in this blog. I also plan to include the columns I write for BOOMER WOMEN’S WORLD, the monthly newsletter of the National Association of Baby Boomer Women (NABBW), as well as random thoughts about finding passion and purpose at any age. I welcome all comments.

Photo Credit: Suzanne Sheridan